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" My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. "
Chambers's readings in English prose ... 1558 to 1860 - Page 145
by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865
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Modern Europe, a school history. To 1859

John Lord - Europe - 1860 - 530 pages
...common names, from kindred blood, froin similar privileges, and from equal protection. These are the ties which, though light as air, are as strong as...rights associated with your government; they will cling to you, and no power under heaven will be able to tear them from their allegiance. But let it once...
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The Prose and Prose Writers of Britain from Chaucer to Ruskin: With ...

Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...frame of the universe, out of which we cannot stir. 4. ON CONCILIATION WITH THE AMERICAN COLONIES. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...similar privileges, and equal protection. These are the ties which, though light as air, are strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the...
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Success of Our Republic: An Oration

Edward Everett - Fourth of July celebrations - 1860 - 32 pages
...the parent country ; it can not be in that House of Commons, where Burke uttered those golden words, "My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection." It can not be in that House of Peers, where Chatham, conscious that the colonies were fighting the...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 66

American periodicals - 1860 - 894 pages
...the parent country ; it cannot be in that House of Commons, where Burke uttered those golden words, "my hold of the colonies is in the close affection...blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection." It cannot be in that House of Peers, where Chatham, conscious that the colonies were fighting the battle...
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Speech of the Hon. Edward Everett on American Institutions: In Reply to ...

Edward Everett - Fourth of July orations - 1860 - 38 pages
...parent country ; it cannot be in that House of Commons where Burke uttered those golden words, — " My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...blood, from similar privileges and equal protection." It cannot be in that House of Peers where Chatham, conscious that the colonies were fighting the battle...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - English literature - 1860 - 644 pages
...service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. 0 hlood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 2; Volume 76

William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1897 - 876 pages
...grows from common names, from kindrd blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These an ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.' What a pity it was that the element of TO 'rrepirrov so oftei marred his practical effectiveness !...
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Speeches: With Memoir and Historical Introductions

Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 pages
...whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My kold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows...kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal iprotection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron./ Let the colonies...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1862 - 564 pages
...America, transmitted hither? Do not delude yourselves ! You never can receive it — no, not a shilling ! Let the Colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your Government, and they will cling and grapple to you. These are ties which, though light as air, are strong as links...
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Britain and Her Colonies

Jesse Beaufort Hurlbert - Great Britain - 1865 - 296 pages
...these remarkable words, in 1775, in moving his ' Eesolutions for conciliation with America ':— ' My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...from similar privileges and equal protection. These ai;e ties which, though light as air, are as strong as iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea...
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